Poems of Goethe A Sequel to Goethe, the Lyrist / new translations facing the originals, with an introduction and a list of musical settings by Edwin H. Zeydel.

Following his previous translation of one hundred of Goethe's poems, in this volume Zeydel presents translations of a selection of Goethe's shorter poems, the majority of which were written in the last twenty years of his life. The translator gives careful attention to details of substance...

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Main Author: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 (Author)
Contributors: Zeydel, Edwin H., 1893-1973 (Editor, Translator)
Corporate Contributor: Project Muse (Distributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 20.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Genre/Form:Poetry
Local Note:JSTOR
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Summary:Following his previous translation of one hundred of Goethe's poems, in this volume Zeydel presents translations of a selection of Goethe's shorter poems, the majority of which were written in the last twenty years of his life. The translator gives careful attention to details of substance, form and style, and to the spirit of the original, reproducing the simplicity and naturalness of language so characteristic of Goethe. The original text in German appears on facing pages.
Item Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 126 pages.).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469658698
1469658690
1469658682
9781469658681